Base Supervisor - Critical Care Transport - Carolina Air Care

About the role

Description

The Critical Care Transport team is seeking an Air Care Base Supervisor.

This position is a State employed position and is eligible for full time benefits .

Carolina Air Care is a CAMTS accredited critical care and emergency transportation agency serving North Carolina and surrounding areas since 1986. Our assets are comprised of four helicopters as well as a fleet of ambulances dispatched by our communications center "Flightwatch" – all operating 24 hours a day.

Helicopter bases are located in Burlington, Aberdeen, Goldsboro, and Rocky Mount. Rotor wing aircraft are staffed with one nurse and one paramedic. They respond to both emergency scene requests as well as interfacility transfers of critically ill patients Our ground assets are located throughout the Triangle.

In addition to the Critical Care Transport teams for the majority of our missions, we also have two dedicated Neonatal Specialty Care Teams, which care for our smallest patients.

Along with our Medical Directors, the Education Team ensures that the high standards of Carolina Air Care are maintained through continuing education, evidence-based medicine, equipment training, high fidelity simulations, research studies, and new hire assessments.

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Summary:
Responsible for the oversight of patient care delivered by multi-disciplinary transport teams. Works collaboratively with program leadership to ensure competent and safe transport services and operations. Oversees all personnel assigned to the base.

Responsibilities:
1. Works collaboratively with education department to ensure that educational needs of staff are met. Reviews monthly certification report for compliance. Acts as a clinical resource by ensuring clinical competency by providing direct patient care. Actively participates in the orientation of new staff members by providing cognitive and psychomotor skill assistance as needed.
2. Assists Program Manager and operations managers to recruit, interview, and select qualified staff to meet staffing requirements.
3. Participates in the assessment of staff competency and provides constructive feedback on a continual basis. Supports leadership with timely transport related performance appraisals. Supports leadership with staff performance issues in a timely and appropriate manner via participation in employee reviews, counseling, coaching, mentoring, and disciplinary actions
4. Constructs base schedule to produce to produce comprehensive program schedule.
5. Support leadership with oversight of assigned personnel at base, including time and attendance
6. Demonstrates accountability for cost effective management of equipment and supplies while ensuring the department achieves patient care goals.
7. Supports the implementation of program goals and communication of the strategic plan to staff. Identifies, facilitates and participates in performance improvement projects that enhance patient care delivery systems.
8. Monitor QA log for assigned base to ensure all issues addressed, loop closed and documented appropriately.
9. Manage controlled substances at base with ensuring weekly inventories by staff, monthly inventories, medication orders, and all records maintained per DEA regulations. Monitor all staff’s compliance with Controlled Substance Policy/Process and DEA mandates.
10. Receive, review, and route appropriately all base peer reviews.
11. Daily and weekly data and asset reports from Ninth Brain and EMS Charts as needed
12. Responsible for base upkeep, repairs, and improvements
13. Responsible for local area Public Relations and Outreach.
14. Attend the following meetings 80% of time: Weekly managers meeting, monthly Leadership/Executive meeting, monthly SOC meeting, monthly Outreach meeting, monthly Staff meeting, monthly Safety meeting, monthly QA meeting

Other Information

Other information:
Education Requirements:
● None required as long as other position qualifications are met
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
● NC Certified EMT-Paramedic, NC Licensed Respiratory Care Practitioner or NC Registered Nurse
•Current AHA ACLS Certification
•Current AHA BLS Certification
•Current AHA PALS Certification (APLS or ENPC)
•Current TNCC, ITLS and/or PHTLS Certification
•ATLS audit required every 5 years
•NRP or equivalent
•Approved advanced specialty certification consistent with requirements of assigned base.
•Valid NC Driver’s License
Professional Experience Requirements:
● At least five (5) years of transportation experience.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: Critical Care Transport

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00

Salary Range: $28.87 - $41.50 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Variable

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

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